Monday, October 16, 2017

And So It Goes - Bucks County Courier Times October 19, 2017

As predicted,
the usual suspects immediately respond to a terrible tragedy by attacking those
who didn’t do it. Are they aware that
the 2nd Amendment doesn’t grant permission to be a violent predatory
killer? The 2nd Amendment
doesn’t grant anyone anything. It merely
spells out a right of all humans that is frequently denied, but puts American
lawmakers on report that possibly the most important of all civil rights isn’t
negotiable.

And such is
the case for the rest of The Constitution.
It defines the natural born rights of all humans on earth before those
rights are taken away. It’s a warning of
the predictable results of oppressive governance. Just look at New Jersey, for example, or Nazi
Germany.

It was tyranny
itself that spawned our own Declaration of Independence from which the end of
slavery, women’s voting rights and the entire Civil Rights movement were
born. Those who really wish to
demonstrate against hate, injustice and division might consider planting a
Declaration of Independence lawn sign in front of their residence.

Taking a knee
is fine, but probably defines the knee takers (in this context) as those who
would do the same in celebration of dictators.
Not sure of the attraction to tyranny, but maybe that’s from my very
American anti-authority complex (with the predictable results to prove it).

My theory is
that most of the problems that everyone is concerned about are a direct result
of forgetting who we are as Americans (or not knowing in the first place). We even constantly attack The Constitution
whose only flaw, really, is a failure to obey it. We disrespect our symbol of freedom, run
around wearing vagina hats and worship at the altar of the golden athlete.

What, then, is
the solution? The only thing I can think
of is to try to the best of our ability to resist the constant false narratives
that way too many of us view everything through the distorted prism of
politics. This, I believe, is what fuels
the destructive behavior of sociopaths, more than anything, tipping them into
crossing the line.

One of the
most significant historical figures of our time, though, probably said it best
when Howard Sterns’ father uttered, “Don’t be stupid you moron.” That’s probably what needs to guide our
nation for now more than any other movement, protest or grievance.

Your
anti-American behavior is creating a lot of un-American results. Who would have thought?